A53696:689
Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews
Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews also concerning the Messiah wherein the promises concerning him to be a spiritual redeemer of mankind are explained and vindicated, his coming and accomplishment of his work according to the promises is proved and confirmed, the person, or who he is, is declared, the whole economy of the mosaical law, rites, worship, and sacrifice is explained : and in all the doctrine of the person, office, and work of the Messiah is opened, the nature and demerit of the first sin is unfolded, the opinions and traditions of the ancient and modern Jews are examined, their objections against the Lord Christ and the Gospel are answered, the time of the coming of the Messiah is stated, and the great fundamental truths of the Gospel vindicated : with an exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews / by J. Owen ...Exercitations on the Epistle to the Hebrews also concerning the Messiah wherein the promises concerning him to be a spiritual redeemer of mankind are explained and vindicated, his coming and accomplishment of his work according to the promises is proved and confirmed, the person, or who he is, is declared, the whole oeconomy of the mosaical law, rites, worship, and sacrifice is explained : and in all the doctrine of the person, office, and work of the Messiah is opened, the nature and demerit of the first sin is unfolded, the opinions and traditions of the antient and modern Jews are examined, their objections against the Lord Christ and the Gospel are answered, the time of the coming of the Messiah is stated, and the great fundamental truths of the Gospel vindicated : with an exposition and discourses on the two first chapters of the said epistle to the Hebrews / by J. Owen ...
London: printed by Robert White for Nathaniel Ponder, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§ 26 And here the Jews are at an end of all shifts and evasions. It cannot be avoided but the Messiah must be here intended; Rashi would fain yet evade; the Lord whom ye seek, that is [Greek or Hebrew], the God of Judgement: because they had said before, Chap. 2.17. Where is the God of Judgement? Vain man, these words which he himself had but just before interpreted, to be the Atheistical Expression of wicked men questioning the Judgement of God, are now to serve his turn, an earnest desire of seeking after the Lord, which in these words is evidently set forth; the Lord whom ye seek, the Angel of the Covenant whom ye delight in; for both these are the same, as Aben Ezra acknowledgeth, [Greek or Hebrew], The Lord he is the Glory, and the Angel of the Covenant, the same things being intended under a double expression. And it is evident whom he intends thereby, by his interpreting the Messenger to be sent before him, to be Messiah Ben Joseph, whom they make the forerunner of Messiah Ben David.
§ 26 And here the Jews are at an end of all shifts and evasions. It cannot be avoided but the Messiah must be here intended; Rashi would fain yet evade; the Lord whom ye seek, that is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the God of Judgement: because they had said before, Chap. 2.17. Where is the God of Judgement? Vain man, these words which he himself had but just before interpreted, to be the Atheistical Expression of wicked men questioning the Judgement of God, are now to serve his turn, an earnest desire of seeking after the Lord, which in these words is evidently set forth; the Lord whom ye seek, the Angel of the Covenant whom ye delight in; for both these are the same, as Aben Ezra acknowledgeth, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, The Lord he is the Glory, and the Angel of the Covenant, the same things being intended under a double expression. And it is evident whom he intends thereby, by his interpreting the Messenger to be sent before him, to be Messiah Ben Joseph, whom they make the forerunner of Messiah Ben David.
Kimchi interprets the Angel to be sent before him, the Angel of Gods presence from Heaven, to lead the people out of their Captivity, as of old he went before them in the Wilderness when they came out of Egypt. But we are better taught, who this Messenger was,